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Exposing pornography's true nature : a conceptual framework
No full textThis article challenges the consumer-centric view of pornography, which overlooks the exploitation and abuse of individuals documented in its production. The lack of conceptual clarity surrounding the nature of pornography obscures these abuses, leading to significant consequences for those affected. To address this, a conceptual framework is proposed—rooted in the lived experiences of individuals documented in pornography, informed by feminist scholarship, and grounded in the principle that technology-facilitated sexual violence is equivalent to its offline counterparts. The framework begins by asking the critical question, “What is the nature of the act that has occurred?” before examining the implications of its documentation and dissemination as pornography. Understanding the nature of the act, alongside its documentation and dissemination, is crucial for establishing the realities of pornography, exposing exploitation and abuse, correcting public perceptions, and informing policy and legal reform. By exposing the underlying nature and consequences of pornography, this framework aims to transform public discourse and drive the development of robust protection and support systems for those directly harmed by pornography
“In This Industry, You\u27re No Longer Human”: An Exploratory Study of Women’s Experiences in Pornography Production in Sweden
Get PDFDespite being a global, billion-dollar industry, very little is known about the conditions women face within the pornography industry. The aim of this study was to explore women’s experiences in pornography production, with a particular focus on structural antecedents to entrance, coercion, and violence within the industry, as well as current needs and any barriers to exiting the industry. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with nine women with experiences in pornography production in Sweden. Participants identified young age, financial insecurity, earlier exposure to sexualized violence, and poor mental health as typical antecedents to entering the pornography industry. Once in the industry, women risk manipulation and coercion by pornographers and porn buyers, making it difficult to maintain personal boundaries. Women are regularly harassed by porn buyers who send requests to purchase specific sexualized acts online or offline. The greater a woman’s vulnerability, the more difficult it is to resist pornographer’s and porn buyer’s demands. Experiences in prostitution and other forms of commercial sexualized exploitation are common. A significant barrier to exiting pornography production is the distress of having one’s pornographic images remain online indefinitely. In order to exit the pornography industry and access real alternatives, participants stressed the importance of vocational training, further education and psychosocial support. This study is an important step in elucidating the situation faced by women in pornography production. Further documentation of harms and assessment of needs is warranted for policymaking and the development of effective support services for this vulnerable population
The Complexities of the Internet as a Tool for Development: The Case of Pornography in South Africa.
No full textMy thesis (DEVS 502) critiques ``practitioners of development\u27\u27 for promoting the Internet as a development tool in Africa while ignoring the issue of pornography. It demonstrates that theincreased availability and exposure to pornography in Africa is likely to adversely affect the lives of both men and women. Pornography fails to promote safer sex to a population at significant risk of HIV/AIDS. It perpetuates constrictive notions of femininity and masculinity, portraying men as conquering the submissive women, while making male satisfaction the only important outcome of sexual acts. Pornography is not only a gender issue, but also a racial issue: it promotes “whiteness” by idealizing the white female body and portraying the limited number of black actors in a brutal, animal-like way. Pornography, thus, is a powerful medium that may prevent a necessary re-socialization among youth in South Africa to combat the ills of racism and gender inequality. Finally, pornography reflects the ways in which the West has historically held the power to influence gender, racial and sexual norms and values. In this sense, pornography can be viewed as another instance of Western colonialism. Through the lens of South Africa I show that the Internet will have negative consequences that need to be taken into account if it is applied as a development tool
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Reconectando a Pornografía, a Prostitución e Trata: "A experiencia de estar na pornografía foi como ser destruída e atropelada unha e outra vez"
Get PDFPornography has been perceived as existing separate from prostitution and trafficking. We suggest that pornography, prostitution, and trafficking overlap conceptually and empirically. We discuss similarities between pornography and other arms of the sex trade such as escort, street, or massage prostitution via a review of survivor testimony and existing research. Women used in the production of pornography suffer the same adverse antecedents as those in other prostitution including poverty, childhood sexual abuse, racism, domestic violence, and the cultural mainstreaming of sexism. These factors groom and channel women into pornography, with pornographers using the same controlling tactics employed by other pimps. In pornography, women are subject to physical and psychological harms that are the same as those harms in other prostitution. We offer recommendations for holding those who perpetrate sex trade harms - pimps, traffickers, and sex buyers - legally accountable. We conclude that pornography should be legally and conceptually understood as one variant of prostitution and trafficking.Se ha percibido la pornografía como un fenómeno separado de la prostitución y la trata. Sugerimos que la pornografía, la prostitución y la trata se superponen conceptual y empíricamente. A través de entrevistas con supervivientes e investigaciones existentes, discutimos las semejanzas entre la pornografía y otras vertientes de la industria del sexo tales como escorts, prostitución de calle o locales de masajes. Las mujeres utilizadas en la producción de pornografía presentan los mismos antecedentes adversos de quienes se encuentran en la prostitución, incluyendo la pobreza, los abusos sexuales en la infancia, el racismo, la violencia de género y el sexismo de la cultura dominante. Estos factores preparan y conducen a las mujeres hacia la pornografía, donde los pornógrafos emplean las mismas tácticas de control utilizadas por otros proxenetas/padrotes[1]. En la pornografía, las mujeres están sujetas a los mismos daños físicos y psicológicos que en la prostitución. Proporcionamos una serie de recomendaciones para hacer legalmente responsables de sus actos a quienes perpetran los daños de la industria del sexo: proxenetas, tratantes y compradores de sexo. Concluimos que la pornografía debería ser legal y conceptualmente comprendida como una variante más de la prostitución y la trata.Percíbese a pornografía como un fenómeno separado da prostitución e da trata. Nós suxerimos que a pornografía, a prostitución e a trata superpóñense conceptual e empiricamente. A través de entrevistas con superviventes e outras investigacións existentes, discutimos as semellanzas entre a pornografía e outras vertentes da industria do sexo tales como as escorts, a prostitución a pé de rúa ou os sitios de masaxes. As mulleres envoltas na produción da pornografía presentan os mesmos antecedentes adversos daquelas que encóntranse en situación de prostitución, incluída a pobreza, os abusos sexuais na infancia, o racismo, a violencia de xénero e o sexismo da cultura dominante. Estes factores preparan e conducen ás mulleres á pornografía, onde os pornógrafos empregas as mesmas tácticas de control utilizadas por outros proxenetas/padrotes. Na pornografía as mulleres están suxeitas a danos físicos e psicolóxicos iguais aos da prostitución. Proporcionamos unha serie de recomendacións para facer legalmente responsables polos seus actos a quen perpetra os danos da industria do sexo: proxenetas, tratantes e compradores de sexo. Concluímos que a pornografía debería ser legal e conceptualmente comprendida como unha variante máis da prostitución e da trata
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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